TACOMA, WASH. – Sounders FC 2 (4-13-2, 14 points) on Thursday night scored a season-high-tying three goals and Calle Brown posted his second clean sheet of 2018 in a 3-0 victory over Las Vegas Lights FC (6-9-5, 23 points) at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma. David Estrada tallied his ninth marker of the season and is now tied for third in the Western Conference in goals scored, while Federal Way native Lamar Neagle scored in his first match for S2 in the South Sound.

Midfielder Antonee Burke-Gilroy opened the scoring with a brilliant solo effort in the sixth minute to put S2 ahead, 1-0. He found space at the top of the 18-yard-box, feigned a pass to his right and chipped a shot over Las Vegas goalkeeper Ricardo Ferriño and into the back of the net. The goal was the first of Burke-Gilroy’s S2 career. Las Vegas was reduced to nine men late in the first half when Marcelo Alatorre and Carlos Alvarez were both sent off.

S2 increased the pressure offensively during the second half and was rewarded with a penalty kick in the 68th minute. Estrada, who came on as a 60th minute substitute, converted with a picture-perfect strike into the bottom left corner to extend S2’s lead to 2-0. Just four minutes later, he chipped a terrific through ball to Neagle, who extended S2’s lead to 3-0 in the 72nd minute. It was Neagle’s second S2 appearance of 2018, and the first start at Cheney Stadium. The Thomas Jefferson High School graduate is the fourth all-time leading scorer in Sounders FC history with 28 goals in nine seasons of MLS regular season play. It marked the first assist of the season for Estrada.

Brown made two saves to post his first shutout since April 21 at Colorado Springs. He has not allowed more than two goals in each of his last five starts, posting a 1.40 goals-against average in those contests.

Sounders FC 2 returns to action Saturday, August 4 on the road against Saint Louis FC. The match kicks off at 5:30 p.m. PT and is being live-streamed on ESPN+.